David Roe

I think if you don't, you've got to replace your medical center director. I mean, that's so simple and basic that it doesn't need to go a VISN or central office.

Most situations, people going to the operating room at a VA hospital is perfectly safe.

I want to know that he can go there and that the surgeons know that the equipment is sterile.

I find it amazing that we're even having this meeting today. I mean, it's astonishing to me.

Just last night, the Senate confirmed Secretary Wilkie's nomination.

I have been out and talked to some benefits folks and the RAMP program seems to work; it is convincing.

Well, this is a tremendous bipartisan effort and an incredible benefit for our servicemen and women, and we want it to work as seamless as possible, so thank you for everything you can do.

We can't measure success of this law's implementation against a number of disciplinary actions, but we can measure failure.

I want to thank the Committee Members for all the hard work they did on the Blue Water Navy.

I think that is a huge thing you are doing.

In my opinion, all the years I worked in health care, I don't--the personnel, the people who work in the systems are the most important.

I agree with you. We have a hospital--a private hospital and VA campuses that meet each other, and I can assure you that the hospital director at the private hospital is not compensated the same as the one at the VA is; I agree with that…

If we were, we wouldn't need the Choice Program or the Mission Act we just passed.

I will never forget visiting these incredible monuments for the brave men who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our great Nation.

I would certainly, as Ms. Esty said, encourage any Americans traveling abroad to travel to any one of these sites and be inspired by the stories of those who are there now.

I couldn't stop thinking about what their mother and other family members must have felt when they learned about the three deaths.

I think that will be incredibly helpful to us as a Committee going forward to making the decisions we need to make when we get that science-based study out there.

I hope they do a little better now than they were then.

I would support that in a heartbeat.

I have a hard time thinking of a topic that is more relevant, important, or deserving of the attention and support of the VA researchers than this one.

This is a critical issue facing today's servicemembers and veterans, and should be an equally critical issue for VA's clinical and research programs.

I am very much looking forward to continuing this Subcommittee's long history of rigorous oversight to ensure that our veterans have the timely quality care that they deserve.

I look forward to work with all of my colleagues on this Committee, and I do mean all of my colleagues on this Committee.

I feel personally familiar with the health needs of our Nation's veterans, and I am committed to meeting those needs.

Well, it is the reason I want to go ahead is I got tired of talking about cannabis, medical cannabis.